Surgical tourniquet cuff for limiting usage to improve safety
First Claim
1. A tourniquet cuff apparatus for limiting usage to improve safety, comprisingan inflatable portion having a length sufficient for encircling a patient'"'"'s limb at a desired location, and a stiffener member enclosed therein;
- a tubular cuff connector attached to the inflatable portion and communicating pneumatically with the inflatable portion and adapted near an outer end thereof for connecting to a tourniquet instrument to establish a releasable pneumatic connection; and
a wireless cuff usage register connected to and in contact with the stiffener member and located adjacent to the cuff connector at a predetermined distance from the end of the cuff connector and adapted for containing a usage amount record indicative of an amount of usage of the cuff.
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Abstract
A surgical tourniquet cuff for limiting usage to improve safety, comprises: an inflatable portion having a length sufficient for encircling a patient'"'"'s limb at a desired location; cuff connector means communicating pneumatically with the inflatable portion and adapted near an end for connecting to a tourniquet instrument to establish a releasable pneumatic connection; and a cuff usage register located at a predetermined distance from the end of the cuff connector means and adapted for containing a usage amount record indicative of an amount of a predetermined usage of the cuff. The cuff usage register may further contain a usage limit record indicative of a predetermined limit of the predetermined usage of the cuff. The cuff usage register may be further adapted for enabling the cuff usage record and the usage limit record to be read by a tourniquet instrument that is pneumatically connected to the inflatable portion through the cuff connector means.
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1. A tourniquet cuff apparatus for limiting usage to improve safety, comprising
an inflatable portion having a length sufficient for encircling a patient'"'"'s limb at a desired location, and a stiffener member enclosed therein; -
a tubular cuff connector attached to the inflatable portion and communicating pneumatically with the inflatable portion and adapted near an outer end thereof for connecting to a tourniquet instrument to establish a releasable pneumatic connection; and a wireless cuff usage register connected to and in contact with the stiffener member and located adjacent to the cuff connector at a predetermined distance from the end of the cuff connector and adapted for containing a usage amount record indicative of an amount of usage of the cuff. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A tourniquet cuff apparatus, comprising
an inflatable portion having a length sufficient for encircling a patient'"'"'s limb at a desired location; -
a stiffener member inside the inflatable portion and including an aperture formed through the stiffener member; a wireless cuff usage register attached to and contacting the stiffener member inside the inflatable portion and having an aperture formed therethrough that is concentric with the aperture in the attached stiffener member; a tubular cuff connector extending through the concentric apertures in the stiffener member and usage register to communicate pneumatically with the interior of the inflatable portion, the connector further adapted for connecting to a tourniquet instrument to establish a releasable pneumatic connection therewith. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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